Barrow County’s legislative delegation announced Tuesday night that it is withdrawing a bill to set up a Barrow County charter review commission. That leaves the upcoming review of the county’s government structure in the hands of the Barrow County Board of Commissioners, which previously had voted to appoint its own citizens committee to ...
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The Jefferson Board of Education is looking at the possibility of expanding some of its athletic facilities, including an expansion of its field house and other major renovations at Memorial Stadium. During a facilities report at last week’s board meeting, the BOE discussed the need to expand the field house, a move that was postponed a few ...
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Jefferson leaders continue to meet behind closed doors to discuss land acquisition. The city council met in closed session Monday night for 30 minutes to discuss property-related issues. No action was taken after the closed session. Two weeks ago, the council met in closed session for 45 minutes to discuss land acquisition.

An officer was dispatched to an area near Highway 316 and Highway 53 in response to a report of a man running down the road. When the officer made contact with the man, he asked him what he was doing. The man said he was trying to get some exercise so he was running home from Statham. The officer could smell a strong odor of alcohol coming from ...
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As the Barrow County School System moves toward a “charter” designation, there has been some confusion about what that means. Although the term “charter” gets used a lot in education circles, what the BCSS is doing is not a “charter school” but rather a “charter system.” Under this model, the system overall contracts with the ...
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Broken windows, roofs in need of replacement, overgrown bushes and condemned houses stuck out like a sore thumb in Winder last Thursday. Those are just some of the sites the community housing committee has its eye on in proposed revitalization efforts. The seven-member Georgia Initiative for Community Housing (GICH) committee, riding in a ...
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The county industrial authority voted March 21 to award Griffin Brothers a contract to expand county water lines in the Neese area, contingent on the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority’s (GEFA) approval of a $2.14 million grant/loan package for the project later this month. Griffin Brothers turned in a bid of $1,563,938, the lowest of 16 ...
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The Madison County United Way Advisory Board has exceeded its fundraising goal of $70,000 for the United Way of Northeast Georgia’s 2010 campaign. Board chairman Marvin White announced that the campaign has raised $74,895 so far. The campaign was chaired by Bonnie Knight of the Madison County School System, who was also named United Way of ...
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COMMERCE – Thomas Junior Morris, 90, died Tuesday, March 29, 2011, at BJC Nursing Home. Born in Banks County, he was the son of the late Thomas Christopher and Mary Eugene Scales Morris. He was a member of Apple Valley Baptist Church, was a spinning room textile worker and a United States World War II Army Veteran. Mr. Morris was preceded in ...
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WINDER – Gene Charles Oakes Jr., 47, died Monday, March 28, 2011. Born in Winder, Barrow County, he was the son of Gene Charles Oakes Sr. of Buckhead and Norma Jean Fowler of Winder. He was a self-employed carpenter. Survivors include a daughter, Genny A. McDaniel, Arcade; four grandchildren; sisters and brother-in-law, Sherry and Byrd ...
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